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NAT REVIEWER- GRAMMAR

( SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT)

Exercise 1: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in number. A noun that is singular must
have the singular form of the verb. A noun that is plural takes the plural form of the
verb.
-A cat sleeps during the day. (singular noun cat, singular verb sleeps)
-Cats sleep during the day. (plural noun cats, plural verb sleep)

Draw two lines under the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject.
1. Television (brings, bring) the world into our homes with pictures, or video, and sounds, or audio.
2. The electronic television imaging device (was, were) invented in the 1920s.
3. The first practical TV system (was demonstrated, were demonstrated) at the New York Worlds Fair
in 1939.
4. Early television sets (was, were) crude black and white models.
5. Today, technical advancements (gives, give) us high-quality color pictures.
6. Also, most programs now (comes, come) with stereo sound.
7. Television programs (is based, are based) on movies, plays, books, original screenplays, and short
stories.
8. The subjects (remains, remain) the same, yesterday and today.
9. I Love Lucy still (serves, serve) as the example for all family shows.
10. The Mickey Mouse Club (was, were) first broadcast to Mouseketeers throughout America in 1955.
11. Today, their grandchildren (watches, watch) a new program with the same name.
12. Both Mickey Mouse Club shows (has, have) music, games, information, and humor.
13. The original Mickey Mouse Club (seems, seem) almost foreign to viewers of todays show.
14. However, each show (presents, present) the popular styles of the day.
15. Until the 1960s, a city (was given, were given) only four or five TV channels.
16. Thirty years later, cable TV (brings, bring) many channels into your set.
17. Entire channels (focuses, focus) on one subject.
18. Experts (predicts, predict) 500-channel cable systems in the next few years.
19. Television sets can (shows, show) more than just TV programs.
20. The Information Superhighway (combines, combine) computer data, programs, games, and
communications.